School type Independent Founded 1959 Phone +1 604-987-4431 | Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic Superintendent Mr. Marck Hudon Mascot Sir Thomas Number of students 650 | |
Motto Dirige Me in Veritate Tua("Direct me in your Truth") School board CISVA (Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver Archdiocese) Similar Bodwell High School, Sutherland Secondary School, West Vancouver Secondar, Carson Graham Secondar, Notre Dame Regional | ||
St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Secondary is a Catholic school, under the administration of CISVA (Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver Archdiocese) school board.
Contents
- History
- Independent School Status
- Academic Performance
- Athletic Performance
- Artistic Performance
- Clubs and Committees
- Notable Alumni
- References
The school is co-educational, offering academic, fine arts, and business programs, as well as athletic, performing arts, and other extracurricular programs, for students from grades 8 to 12.
The school participates in sporting events under the name of the "Fighting Saints".
History
The Sisters of the Child Jesus arrived in British Columbia in 1898 to do missionary work with the First Nations people of the North Shore. It was a residential school, St. Paul’s Indian Residential School. Many forms of abuse here were reported, and today there is a mermorial statue for all of the students that attended St. Paul's Indian Residential School. In 1957, Archbishop William Mark Duke (also known as Iron Duke) approached the sisters to establish a high school on the North Shore. By 1959 the first students walked through the doors of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Independent School Status
St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Secondary is classified as a Group 1 school under British Columbia's Independent School Act. It receives 50% funding from the Ministry of Education. The school receives no funding for capital costs. It is under charge of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver.
Academic Performance
St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Secondary is ranked by the Fraser Institute. In 2007, it was ranked 16th out of 298 Vancouver, lower mainland schools.
99% of the students graduate and 75% of graduates enroll at post-secondary institutions immediately after graduation.
Provincial exam averages exceeds provincial norms and are higher than CISVA & Independent school averages.
Athletic Performance
Both the Varsity Boys and Girls basketball teams participate in the BC Catholic Basketball Championship, one of the largest tournaments in British Columbia.
Girls Volleyball
Boys Soccer
Wrestling
Boys Basketball
Girls Basketball
Track & Field
Golf
Artistic Performance
St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Secondary provides students with a variety of performing and non-performing arts.